Joseph Azevada Elementary

Joseph Azevada Elementary operates as an intimate K-5 school in Fremont, California, operated by Fremont Unified. Current enrollment sits at 394 students spanning grades K through 5.

Fremont Unified runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 33,073 students. Joseph Azevada Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph Azevada Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Joseph Azevada Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Joseph Azevada Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Alameda County) records that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Joseph Azevada Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John F. Kennedy High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph Azevada Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joseph Azevada Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 633 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025.

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